Receptacle closure lining apparatus



- J. A. JOHNSON RECEPTACLE CLOSURE LINING APPARATUS Dec.

Filed Nov. 22 192s 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Dec. 1, 1931. J. A. JOHNSON1,833,946

RECEPTACLE CLOSURE LINING APPARATUS Filed Nov. 22, 1928 5 Sheets-SheetI5 INVENTOR 1, 1931. J. A. JOHNSON RECEPTACLE CLOSURE LINING APPARATUSDec.

Filed Nov. 22, 1928 5 sheets-sheet 4f INVENTOR M 71.5077

Dec. 1, 1931. J. A. JOHNSON RECEPTACLE CLOSURE LINING APPARATUS FiledNov. 22, 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 A: E :W r m N a3 NN m I u w TEEEgiIIIIlll-EIEIEN l INVENTOR! Patented Dec. 1, 1931 Joann. Jomvsoiaorwoonrmvnlv. vnw Yonx RECEPTAGLE CLOSURE LINING APPARATUS I Applicationfiled November 22. 1928. Serial No. 321,179.

tion to provide adjustable apparatus of this character to accommodatethe same for the applying or assembling of linings, or pads and linings,to caps of different size.

Another object of the invention relates to improvedmeans for feeding aweb oflining material, or webs of lining and pad forming material, tothe punch and .die mechanism, and comprising a pair of feed rollers andadjustable actuating means for said rollersto feed predetermined lengthsof the web or Webs to the punch and die mechanism for the severingoflining and pad disks from the webs for different sizeclosurecaps.

A further object of the-invention is to provide improved web feedingmeans embodying a pair of rollers one of'which is rotatably mounted infixed bearings and the other rotatably mounted in bearings arranged tohave movement toward and away from and yieldingly urged toward thefirst'roller and positively driven therefrom, means being provided tomove the second'roller away from the first roller and retain it in suchposition to facilitate the threading of the web or webs between therollers, and to provide improved clutch mechanism associated with theroller mounted in-the fixed bearingsoperative intermittently actuate thesame.

Another object of the invention is to provide adjustable means todeliver different size caps to the means to transfer and position thecaps relative to the punch and die mechanism.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved web feedingmeans embodying a pair of feeding rollers one of which rollers isyieldingly'urged toward the other roller and the latter roller arrangedwith clutch mechanism the actuation of which is i adapted to becontrolled by the passage. of a cap at a predeterminedpointin thefeeding of the caps to the punch and. die mechanism by-the transferringand positioning means to rotate the rollers in one direction. f i Astill further object of the invention re-a' sides in adjustable Genevagear mechanism .forconnecting a drive shaft with the means fortransferring closure caps of different size to-and alining the same withthe punch die mechanism. V

Further objects and advantages of thein; vention will hereinafterappear. r

In carrying out the invention there is provided an endless or continuouscap transferring and positioning means mounted ona: suitable frameworkin relation :toiclosure cap supporting rails having laterally adjustableguide rails-or members to adapt the same for the supporting andtransferring-of different size caps, and arranged with means at one.

end I thereof to deliver different size caps thereto, said captransferring and'positioning means being adapted to be actuated intermittently by Geneva. gear mechanism the op erative connection betweenwhichmech'anism and thecap transferring means is adjustable to adapt thecap transferring means for positioningcaps of different size inalinement from a web or webs and deliver the same to a cap positionedrelative to the punch and die mechanism. The web of webs are fed tothepunch and die mechanism'by a-pairof feedthrough an overriding one-wayoperating.

clutch mechanism to rotate the rollers inone direction by'the movementof the slide in one direction, and the movement of the slide beingadjustable to transmit variable movement to the rollers and deliverpredetermined lengths, of web or. webs to the punch and diemechani'sm tostamp disks of differentsize therefrom for different size caps. Meansarepro vided to releasably couple the roller clutch actuatingmechanismwith the operating slide,-

mg rollers intermittently actuated insyn .with punch "and" diemechanism, arranged with stripper means, to sever a disk or disks saidmeans being operative to normally un- 7 cap transferring means oppositeto the end at which the caps are fed thereto and to travel in adirection transversely to the direction of travel of the captransferring means and deliver-ed by said conveyor to a suitabledepository. v

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this applicationFigure 1 is a plan View of apparatus embodying the invention. I

Figure 2 is an elevational'view looking at the bottom of Figure 1portions being broken vention.

2 Figure 3 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 3+3 of Figure 1,looking in the awayto show essential-features of the indirection of thearrows, to show the construction and arrangement of the punch and diemechanism and feeding rollers for feeding webs of lining and sealing padmaterial and actuating means'for the rollers; v Figure 3 is a detailview partly in section, of the adjustable mounting of the pivot sup-,port of an operating lever for actuating nlQlll ting of the web feedingrollers and the actuating means therefor.

. s t Figure 7 is an elevational View of,

sway operating clutch mechanism for intermittently rotating the web.feeding rollers in one direction. v i

nmeans for the web feeding rollers.

Figure 4 is a perspeotiveview, on an enlarged scale, of means actuatedby a cap being transferred and positioned relative to the punch and diemechanism. for controlling the V actuation of the web feeding rollers.

Figure 5 isan enlarged view, partly in section, of the actuating meansfor the Web feeding rollersfand showing the .means for I T releasablycoupling the same with operating m ans he or v I Figure 6 is a rearoelevationalvlew of the a one Figure 8 is an end view of meansto deliverthe closure caps from'a closure cap transporting conveyorto the captransferring means.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary plan view of the cap delivery means looking atthe top of Figure 8, g

' Figure 10is a side elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the means foreffecting adjustment between the cap transferring means and itsactuating means.

transferredorconveyed by an endless sprocket chain 10 engagedabout'spaced sprocket wheels 11, 11 fixed on shafts rotatably mounted ina table T supported upon standards'S. The shaft of wheel 11"is-journaled in a bearing 12 slidably mounted on a bracket 12 fixed uponand extended'fromthe end of the table, and adjustable on the bracket ina direction toward and away from the table to take up slack in the chainby a tie member 13 threaded'in-to the bracket and bearing, the tiemember being secured against rotation and thereby retaining the bearingin adjusted position by a nut 13 on the tie'member abutting against thebracket. The shaft of wheel 11 is journaled infixed bearings adjacentthe oppositeend of the table, said wheel mountings being such as toposition the upper stretch of the chain on the same plane-as the surfaceof the table and in line'with a space between a pair of cap supportingrails 13 "mounted on the table by brackets 57. To transfer the capsalong the'cap supporting rails the chain is arranged with cap engagingmeans in the'form of abutment fingers 14 equidistantly'spaced' along thechain, the spacing of the fingers being equal to the diameter of thelargest size cap the apparatus is capable of handling; The sprocketwheels are rotated from a continuously rotating drive shaft'l5 journaledin bearing's'in hangers 15 to extendlongitudinally of andbelow the tableand connected'with a source of power by a pulley 15 and abelt (notshown) The sprocket chain is intermittent- 1y actuatedfrom the driveshaft through a transverseshaft'lii connected to'the drive ion shaft bya bevel pinion'and gear connection 17. A wheel or disk 18 fixed to saidshaftis arranged with laterally :extending'pins 19,

in the present instance two in number and tent movements are imparted tosaid wheel upon ieach revolution of thewheel 18. The

peripheral portions of the wheel 20 between the recesses are of arcuateor concave form,

21. The wheel 20 is loosely mounted on a hub of said worm wheel, as at20, in abutting relation to an annular flange on said hub en gaging inan annular enlargement or recess in the bore of the wheel 20, as at 27the width of the flange being slightly greater than the depth of therecess so that the outer side of the flange will project from the faceof the wheel. To secure the wheel 20 to the hub of the worm wheel andthereby with the shaft 21 to rotate with the latter, the wheel isclamped to the hub flange by washers 25 engaged on reduced threaded endsof studs 26, in the present instance three in number, threaded into andoircumferentially disposed about the wheel 20 adjacent the periphery ofthe flange 27, the washers being interposed between the face of thewheel and the shoulder of the studs formed by the reduced ends thereofand overlap the peripheral portion of the flange 27 for clampingengagement with the portion of the flange projecting from the face ofthe wheel, the studs being arranged at the end for the application of aWrench to firmly draw the washers to the flange 27 The conveyor orsprocket chain is operatively connected with and driven from the shaft21 by a gear 28 fixed to said shaft meshing with a gear 29 fixed to theshaft of sprocket wheel 11.

The adjustable mounting of the wheel 20 is for the purpose of adjustingthe sprocket chain whereby the fingers 14 of the chain are moved toapredetermined position during the periods of rest of the chain and thusadapt the chain to the transferring and pre determinedpositioning ofdifferent size caps. To effect this adjustment of the chain the washers25 are released to permit of rotative adjustment of the wheel 20relative to the worm wheel 27 and shaft 21 and thereby adjusting theshaft for the sprocket wheel 11 and advance or retract'the sprocketchain to variably position the fingers 20 carried there-V by when thechain is brought to rest and position caps transferred by the chaincentrally relative to punch and die mechanism to receive a disk orlining material stamped by said mechanism from a web of such material,as hereinafter described.

This adjustment of the shaft 11 and sprocket chain is effectedby a worm30 rotatably mounted on the sidev of wheel 20'- meshing with thewormwheel 27 and adapted" to be actuated by a crank appliedto the vsquared projecting end of the worm shaft. f 0

By rotating theworm, with the wheel 20 re:

leased from the gear 27, wheel 20 and shaft 11 will be rotatedindependently of and rela-' tive to the worm wheel 27. The wheels 18 and4 20 'are ineffect a Geneva gear mechanism and are enclosed in ahousing-H hingedly mounted on the table, as at 29.-

The caps are delivered to the cap support 13 from an endless conveyorbelt 31 passed around and supported by spaced'drum's or rollers 32, 32.The drum32 is rotatably supported on a shaft 33 fixed in and extendinglaterally from a bracket 34 mounted onsand extended from the endof-the-table and is rotated from the shaft carrying sprocket wheel 11 bya sprocket wheel 32 rotatable with said drum 32 operatively connected toa sprocket wheel 32 fixed to the shaft carrying sprocket wheel 11 bysasprocket chain ,33. The other drum 32 is rotatably sup- ;ported on ashaft 33 lfixed in and extending laterally from a bracket 34 mounted onan extension of bracket 34 to have adjustment longitudinally thereofwhereby'to adjust the 'drum 32 and take .up slack in'the conveyor, thebracket 34 being secured in adjusted position by a screw 35 engagingaislot' in the bracket and threaded into the bracket34, the bracket 34being adjusted andaretained in adjusted-position by a lead screw 36threaded into the'bracket with the end of the ered onto the conveyor 31by hand or from a chute leading from a supply hopper '(not' shown). i az a To prevent the caps from piling one upon another on the conveyor 31and to guide the caps as they are conveyed by the conveyor to means (tobe hereinafter described) for de- 1 livering the caps from the conveyorto the guide supporting rails 13,:a'pair of guide rails 37, 37 (Figure13) are provided to extend longitudinally of and above the lateralmarginal portions of the upper stretch of the conveyor, theguide rail 37being fixed to and carried by arms 38 extending laterallyfrom a frame 38mounted upon the bracket 34;. and the other guide rail 37' mounted onsaid arms to have adjustment toward and "away from the rail 37 to adaptthe same for the 160 screw abutting the end of the extended portion ofthe bracket 34; The'caps are delivallelly of' and above theoutermarginal por -"2 tions of the cap supporting rails 13, said stopextending transversely of the path of move- 7 mentof the capstransported by the conveyor 31 (Figure 9)to position the caps inrelation to the means for delivering the caps from the conveyor to thecap supporting rails. To

" adapt said abutment stop for the alining or registering of caps ofdifferent size relative to said means for delivering or transferring thecapsfrom the conveyor 31 to the-conveyor chain 11, it isadjustably'mounted'which is effected by a headed screw passed through aslot in the stop and. threaded into the rail 56. The stop 39 also-servesas a guide in conjunction with a guide54 arranged at the end of theguide rail 37' for the. guiding of the caps as they are transferred fromthe conveyor 31 to the chain 11,1and to adapt the guide 54 for thetransferring and guiding of caps of differentsize it is adjustablerelative to the f stop 39, which is elfected'by the adjustable Ving'rails 13.

The means to deliver or transfer the caps from the conveyor 31 to thesupporting rails comprises an ejector slide 41 and an actuator slide 42'for the ejector slide mounted to have reciprocatory movement in aslideway 43 extending transversely of and fixed upon I bracket 34' withthe end adjacent theside of the conveyor 31'. The ejector slide 41 isadapted to have movement transversely of theconveyor andiis arrangedabove and operativelyoconnected with the actuator slide, by

a pin 44: fixed in the actuator slide 42 extended through an elongatedslot 45 in the ejector slide and the slides yieldinglyurged topositionwith the pin: engaging at one end of said slot by a spring 46" connectedwith the pin 44 and a pin 47 fixed-in the ejector slide (Figures 7 and'Theaetuator slide has recip-- roc'atory movement of fixed extent and bythe pin'and slot connection between the slides Tmovement of variableextent may be transmitted to the ejector slide by the actuator slide toadapt the same for the delivery or transferring of'capsof different sizefrom the conveyor to the cap-supporting rails 13 and properly positionthe caps upon said supporting rails for engagement bythe fingers '14 ofthechain ofthevcap-transferring and positioningymeans. The extent of themovement. of the ejectorsli de is controlled by an adjustable abutment,in the form of a set screw 48 threaded'into: adownwardly extended flangeatthe-end of the ejector slide and adapted to abut the outeren'd of.theactuator slide 42. j V

The actuator slide 42 is operated from the drive shaft by a lever 49pivotally mount-' ed intermediate the ends thereof on a bracket 7 49fixedon one of the standards S, said lever being operatively connectedwith the drive 7 T shaft 15 by a link 50 pivotally andeccentrically'connected at one end with a disk 51 fixed on the shaft andat the other'end to one end of the lever 49, the opposite end ofthelever having a link connection-52 with a projection 53 extendingdownward fromthe ac tuator slide 42.. p I I The caps are guided in thelateral movement thereof from the conveyor 31 to the cap supportingrails 13 by the extended end 54 of the guide rail 37 in co-operationwith the stop 39 and a guide finger 55 to extend over the caps mountedon one of the guide rails 56. To permit of the transferring of caps ofdifferent size along the cap supporting rails'13, both of the rails 56are arranged with transverse slots 58 for-the engagement mounted on thetable T to'permit of an adjustment of the rails in a direction towardand away from the space between the cap supporting rails 13, saidbrackets'57 being arranged with perpendicular abutments 57 to limit theoutward adjustment of said rails. c

The guide rail 37 may be integral with one guide rail 56, the junctureof said'rails forming the abutment 39, as shown in Figure 9, and theguide rail 37'Vmay be integral with;

the other guide rail 56 whereby the rails 37, 37 will participate in anyadjustment of the rails 56 and adjustment of all ofvthe side 3 guiderails effected simultaneously.

To assemble alining in the caps punch and V die mechanism to stamp disksfrom a Web of V lining material is provided, said mechanism beingarranged in alinement with and centrally above the vcap supporting rails13 to successively stamp or sever disks from the Web and deliverthe/same into a cap positioned on the cap supportingfrails in alinement'with the punch and die mechanism during a period of rest of thecaptransferring and positioning chain, and comprises a punch .59 carriedby an arm 60 extended laterally from a vertically movable slide 61, saidpunch being adjustable longitudinally of the slide by extendinganr'externally threaded stem 63 carrying the punch through an opening inthe slide arm and securing said punch carry- 7 ing stem in adjustedposition by nuts 62 threaded onto said punch stem and impinged on bothfaces of the slide arm. The slide 61 is slidably mounted and guided in astandard 64 fixed on the table T. The punch carrying slide isreciprocated from the drive shaft 15 by an arm 65 arranged with a sleeve65f loosely engaged about an eccentric 64 fixed of securingscrewsthreadedinto brackets 57 9" a to the drive shaft 15, said armhaving a piv- 1 otal connection 66 with thepunch carrying slide 61. Thepunch 59 co-operates with a fixed die 67 to sever disks from the web,said die being mounted on thetable by a perforated plate 68 extendingtransversely of and above the cap transferring and positioning chain.The severed disksare ejected from the punch and die and positioned in acap on the cap supporting rails 13 by a stripper in the form of aplunger rod 71 slidably carried in a bore of the punch carrying stem 63and punch, said-plunger having a head 72 fixed thereon andnormallypositioned in an enlargement of the punch bore and within thepunch face by a spring 7 3 coiled about the endof the plunger extendedfrom the top of the punch stem andinterposed between the top punchstemsecuring nut 62 and an abutment 7 4 fixed on the upper end ofthepl'unger 71, said plunger being actuated in sequence with theoperation of the punch stamping a disk from the web by a kicker in theformof a lever 7 5 pivotally mounted in the. bifurcationof a bracket 76fixed to the-top of the slide 61, one end of said lever having a head 77to engage the plunger 71, the opposite 7 end of the lever extending'overan abutment in the form of a set screw78threaded in the top of thestandard 64, andsaid end of the lever adapted to engage said abutment atthe terminus of the downward stroke of the punch to project the plungerhead 7 2 from the face of the punch and stripping from the punch a diskstamped from the web and delivering it through the die tothe cap on thecap support. This ejecting movement of the plunger may be; varied byadjusting the abutment screw 78 into or out of the standard 64. Theactuation of the punch carrying slide is alternate with the actuation ofthe cap transferring and positioning chain.

The lining may comprise several separate layers of material, such as abottom layer of heavy paper to form a sealing pad, and a top layerofparaffined' paper to prevent decomposition of the contents of areceptacle to.

which the closure cap maybe applied, which disks are stampedsimultaneously from superposed webs. fed to the punch and die mechanismfrom separate rolls 80, 81 of such materiahtheroll 80 being theparafiined pa per and the roll 81 the heavy or sealing pad material, towhich the web 80 is superposed, and said rollers being rotatably carriedin a bracket 82 fixed to the sideof the: table T.-

' The webs are fed or advanced to the punch and die by apairofsuperposed rollers 83, 84 of friction gripping material, such as rubberor fabric, the rollers 83 being mounted to have movement toward and awayfrom the roller 84. The roller 84fis carried'by a shaft journaled infixed bearings in a frame 88 fixed upon the table T, and the roller 83'is carried by a shaft 85 journaled in bearing blocks 86 slidably mountedin recesses 87 in nected to a cross head 92 extending between thevertical members of the frame 88 above the roller 83 and having aperforation 93 for the engagement of the hookedend of a hanger member 94extended froma sleeve portion 95, whereby it is loosely mounted on ancecentric 96 fixed on a shaft 97 rotatably mountedin upwardly extendingportions 91of the cap members'91. "'Toadjust the roller 83 to positionit away from the roller 8 1 and retain itin. such position the'shaft 97and thereby the'eccentric is rotated by a hand'lever 98 fixed to theshaft. To effect adjustments between the hanger and the carrier 92 forthe roller bearing blocks 86 aset screw .99 is threaded in and extendedthrough the hook portion of the hanger to abut the upperwall V of theperforation 93 inthe carrying head 92 for the bearing blocks. j 1

.To guide the webs to the feeding rollers a pair. of rods 100 are fixedat one endlin a post 100 fixed to and extending upward from the frame 88parallel to one of thevertical members of the frame, the rods extendinglaterally from the post transversely of the line of travel of the websand "in a horizontal plane above the bite between the 'web feedingrollers and have adjustably mounted thereon guides for engagement of theedges of and side guiding the webs, comprising bars 101 arrangedwithperforations acent opposite ends thereof for engagement of'therespective rods, 100, each of the bars having one end,;shown as theupper end, split or slotted,- the slot extending from the end, of thebars and cut through the wall of -the perforation adjacent said end, theportions of the bars at opposite sides of the slot being "j arrangedwith alined perforations with a screw extended from the perforation in.one member andhaving threaded connection with the perforation in theother member, as j shown at 101' in Figure 5, to draw the split portionstogether and thereby clamp the guides to the bars 100..

Thefeed rollersare positively driven one mechanism, and are driventhrougha shaft 10a of roller 84 by an actuator slide 105 from theotherby gears 102,103 fixed to the shafts of the respective rollers. Therollers are intermittently actuated to feed predeter-- I I named lengthsof web .to the-punch and 'die mounted to have reciprocatory movement ingu1deways'106 arranged in a horizontal extension 107 of the frame 88.Reciprocatory movement of variable extent is imparted to the'slide tovariably rotate the feed rollers to feed different lengths of web by alever 108 arranged with an elongated slot 109 for the adjustableengagement of avblock 109 loosely mounted on a reduced portion of apivot-block 110 arranged with another reduced projection extending inthe opposite direction in the form of a block slidably mounted in arecess 111 extending longitudi- V nally' of an arm 112 suspendeddownward from the horizontal portion 107 of the frame 188. iTo securethe lever to the pivot block 110 v there is provided a washer 110 on theblock 109"between the body portion of theblock 110 and the inner side ofthe lever and a wash er 110 on a further reduced threaded'portionextending from the block 109 beyond the outer side of the lever uponwhich anus 115" is threaded to impinge. the latter washer against thepart of the pivot block upon which a reduced threaded portion forengagement ofa washer 116 and nut115 to clamp said pivot block inadjusted position in the arm slot; By loosening the lever upon its pivotsupport and the rotation of the lead screw,

- whichis facilitated by ahand wheel 114 fixed 'thefrockmg of the lever.

Oscillatory movement is imparted to-the' to the end of said screw,'thepivot block may be adjusted in the arm slot 111 and in the slot ofthe'lever to vary the distance between the lever pivot and theconnection of the lever with the slide 105and thereby varying the extentof movement imparted to said slide by lever 1O8 by an eccentric 117fixed on the driveshaft 15 through a rod 118 connected atione 'end to astrap 119 encircling the eccentric, and at theopposite end adjustablyconnected to a sleeve 120 by nuts threaded onto the rod at, oppositesides of the sleeve, and "the sleevegpivotally connected to the.lower'end of the lever, The oscillation of the lever, by the eccentric117 is in synchronism with the cap advancing movement of the captransferring chain and alternate with the actuation of the punch.

, 'The reciprocatory movement of the ac- :tuator slide 105 istransmittedtothe web feeding'rollers by a ratchet "mechanism, comprising-a block121 slidablv mounted in the guideway'106 at the inner end of theslide105, said block being arranged with laterally extending ears122 for thepivotalmounting of a latch 123 to extend over and beyond-the outer endof the actuator slide 105, and having the free end arranged to-form ahook- 123 to engage theouter end ofs'aid actuator slide to releasablyconnect the block thereto and whereby the block is adapted toparticipate in the reciprocatory movement of the ,actuator slide. A rack124 fixed to and extending'forward from the block 121 meshes with apinion 125 fixed'upon thelaterally extending hub of a cupshaped member126loos'ely mounted on the extended end of the shaft 104 of thefeedroller 84, the flange of said member 126 encircling a head 127 fixedto the shaft 104 and arranged with recesses 128 equidistantly spacedabout the periphery, in the present instance three in number, (Figure 7the bottom wall of which recesses are of arcuate form arranged in an.arceccen'tric to the axis of the head, and the'flange of the cap memberco -operating with said recesses to form tapered'sockets'or chambers.WVedge -members 129,which;ma'y be rollers or balls, are arranged insaidsockets and yieldingly urgedtoward the reduced end thereof bysprings 130 confined between the wedge members and the opposite endof'the sockets; The recessed headis enclosed in the cup member by aperforated. plate 131 (Figure 6) loosely engaged upon "athub of the headand secured to the cup member, During the forward movement of therackthe pinion 125 is rotated in thesamedirection moving the wedge membersinto impinging engagement with the peripheral wallof the cup member andthebottom wall of the head recesses, thereby coupling said head and feedroller 84 with the rack and'imparting web feeding movementto the feed'rollers. Upon the'return Vmovement of the rack the wedge members 129,

the frictional contactthereof with the walls of the cup member andrecesses are moved against the tension of the springs-out of impingingengagement withthe walls of the cup member and recesses and moved intothe larger portion of the sockets releasing the rackfrom the rollers;The rack is; maintained in engagement with the. pinion by a roller 132'engaging the top of the rack ro- 5 ,tatably'carried by a headed studsecured in and extended laterally from a vertical member of the frame88.

/ To'prevent the feeding of the web to the punch anddie mechanism forthe stamping "of a disktherefrom when-thereis no cap positioned relativeto the punch and die mechanism,- means are provided to controlthefcoupling of the rackcarrying' block 121 with the actuator slide 105to render the web feeding rollers inactive upon the actuation of mallypositioned out of engagement with the actuator slide 105 to uncouple therack carryithefactuator'slide 105. The latch 123 is norc ed to havevertical movement upon the side of the extension 107 of the frame 88,said slide being normallyurged in an upward direction by a spring 134and into engagement with a bar 135 fixed upon and extended laterallyfrom the latch, the slide 133 being of a width to engage the bar in allpositions of the latch. lhe latch is moved into engagement with theactuator slide for operatively connecting the web feeding rollers withthe slide by means controlled by a cap positioned upon the cap supportby the cap transferring chain and in position to be advanced to thepunch and die mechanism upon the successive movement of said chain, andcomprises a lever 136 (Figure4) pivotally mounted adjacent one end onthe inner edge of one of the guide rails 56, said lever having anarcuate cut out portion 137 to clear a securing screw for the rail 56with the opposite end'of' the lever arranged with a dog 138 opposite toa recess cut into the edge of said guide rail, the lever beingyieldingly urged under the influence of a spring139 to'position said doginto the path of movement of and for engagement by the caps as they aretransferred along the cap support by the cap transferring chain, andwhen said chain is at rest with a cap positioned in engagement with saidlever dog and positioning said dog in the rail recess and rocking thelever, as clearly shown in Figure 4.

" An arm 140 is extended at a right angle from the lever and laterallyofthe dog, said arm being offset outwardly intermediate the lengththereof, as at 141, whereby the outer end is arranged in a higher planethan the lever. The offset end of said lever arm is adapted to engagewith a-plate 142 at the having a portion 142projecting downward from onecorner. otally mounted intermediate the ends on the side of the frame88'with the opposite end bifurcated, as at 144 (Figure 3) engaging a p1y from the latch releasing slide 133. The lever 136' normally assumes aposition as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4 with the dog 138 engaging inthe path of movement of the caps along the guide rails and the lever arm140 engaging at one side of the plate projection 142 carried by thelever 143, and the latch controlling slide 133 in its raised positionwith the latch 123 out ofengagement with the slide 105, and as the slide105 is reciprocated the' movement" thereof will not be transmitted tothe rack carrying block 121 of the actuating means for the web feedingrollers. As caps are advanced along the cap support by the captransferring chainthe passage of a cap along the portion of the capsupport into which the lever dog 138 is projeete'd' the' cap will engagesuch lever dog and move the lever 136 against the action of The lever143 is pivas at 145, fixed in and extending lateralthe spring 139 movingthe lever dog into the recess in the edge of the side guide rail 56, asshown in full lines in Figure 4, and causing the lever arm 140 to rideunder the projection ofplate 142 rocking thelever 143 and thereby movingthe latch slide 133 down- Ward against the tension of the spring 134permitting the hook of latch 123 to engagein the outer end of theactuator slide 105 and thereby couple the rack carrying block 121 withand to be moved by the actuator slide upon the next outward movementthereof, and the rack carrying the block being moved inward upon. thesuccessive inward movement of the actuator slide and thereby operatingthe web feeding rollers to" deliver theweb tos the punch anddie'mechanism. A cap is positioned on a cap support relative to theleverdog during a periodof restgofithecap trans V. '85

ferring chain, and 'as theweb'feedingrollers are actuated such capis-positioned ,1naline.

ment with the punch and die mechanism to re -t 'ceive the disk stampedfrom theweb. During this movement of the cap transferring chain asuccessive cap will be positioned relative to the lever dog 138 toactuate the lever to operate the mechanism to couple the rack carryingblockwith the actuator-slide. However. should there beno cap on the capsupport to be positioned relative to'the lever dog the rack carryingblock will remain uncoupled from the actuator slide and the web feedingrollers will 'be rendered inactive.

After the disks are severed from the web by -1 the punch and diemechanism the perforated web or webs are delivered over theplate 68through openings 69 and 70 in the punch carrying slide 61 and thecarrying standard '64 therefor to a discard depository, not shown.weighted end of a second lever 143, said plate After the'disks have beenpositioned in the caps, the caps are intermittently advanced along thecap supporting rails 13 by the cap transferring chain until the capengaging.

point by the forward movement of the caps I I ,on the cap support in therearthereof which chain and delivered ontoan endless beltconveyor 146passed around andv supported by a pair ofdrums 147 rotatably mountedinbearings-i carried at the delivery end of the table} T to travel in adirection transversely of the ,cap transferring chain and in .adirection indicated by the arrow in Figuregl, said conveyor deliveringthe alined caps intoa depository at the end of the conveyor (not shown).The conveyor is continuously actuated fromthe drive shaft 15 by asprocket chain 148 passing around a sprocket :wheel 149: fixed on thedrive shaft, and asprocket wheel150 fixed on a shaft ofa conveyor suparebeing advanced by the cap transferring porting drum 147, the chainbeingenclosed by a protective housing 151. I l

It will be obvious that various modifications may be made-inconstruction and arrangement of parts, and that portions of theinvention may be used without others, and

come Within the scope of the invention.

. I-Iavingthus described my invention I claim:; v1. In closure caplining apparatus, apair of laterally spaced cap supporting, ralls,

meansto'deliv-ercaps to said support,punch and die. mechanism, arranged1n alinement with said support, an intermittently operative endlesschain arranged with the upper stretch to travel in the plane o'f'thespace between the cap supporting rails and having equidistantly'spacedcap engaging meansto' move thecaps along and position the sameonthesupporting rails relative to the punch and die mechanism, rollersfor feeding a web of'lining material transversely of and ininterposed're claimed in claim 1, means to adjust, the

chain to .adapt the same to position caps of different size on thesupport in alinement with thepunch and die mechanism.

I 3. In closure cap-lining apparatus, a cap support, continuous captransferring and positioning means,ineans to intermittentlyactuateflsaid cap transferring and positioning means, rails extendingparallelly of and above the outer marginal portion of the cap supportsto guidethe ,caps onithe support and adjustable laterally toadapt thesame to different size caps,punch and die, mecha nism-arranged inalinement with the support relative to'which the caps are positioned onthe support by the transferring and positioning means, means tointermittently feed successive predetermined lengths of 'a web ofliningmaterial'to the punch and die mechanismfo'r' the s'everingof 'a diskfrom theweb andldelivery to a cap positioned relative to'the punch anddie mechanism, means to adjust the transferring and positioning meansrelative to its actuating means to adapt the same to aline caps ofdifferent size relativeto the punch and die mechanisimand means towhichthe caps with linings assembled therein aredelivered .fromithe support.by the transferring and; positioning means. 7 r v 4. In closure caplining apparatus as claimedpin claim 1, means-operatlvefby a cap on'thesupport tocontrol the actuation of the web feeding rollers. Y H

5. In means for stamping lining disks from a web and assembling the samein closure caps, punch and die mechanism, in-

termittently operative means for feeding and successively positioningcaps relative tothe punch and die mechanism, a pair of rollers to feed aweb of the lining material 111 nterposed relation to the, punch and diemechanism and a cap positionedrelative-thereto, and means tointermittently actuate said rollers in synchronis'm'with the capfeedingmeans and alternately with the operation of the punch.

6. In means for stamping lining disks from a web and assemblingthe sameinclosure caps, a cap support,;punch and die mechanism, a continuouschain arranged with cap engaging means to intermittently feedandposition caps on the support relative to the punch and die mechanism,a pair of rollers to feed a web of lining material to the punch and diemechanism, and means to intermittently actuate said rollers insynchronism withthe'cap feeding means and alternately with the operationof the punch, 7, In means for stamping lining disks from a Web and,assembling the same in closure caps, punch and die mechanism,intermittently operative means for feeding and successively positioningcaps relative tothe punch. and die mechanism, a pair of rollers to feeda web of lining material to'the punch and die mechanism, means tointermittently actuate said rollers insynchronism Withithecap'feeding-meansand alternately with the operation of the punch, andlever means to control the operation of the rollers actuated by thepassage of caps at a predetermined point along the support,

- 8. In means for stamping lining disks from a web and assembling thesame in closure caps, punch and die mechanism, intermittently operativemeans for feeding and Suecessively positioning caps relative to thepunch and die mechanism, a pair of rollers to feed a Web of liningmaterial to the punch and die mechanism, a rack supported tohavereciprocatory movement and operative in synchronism with the cap feedingmeans, a pinion meshing with the rack, and means to couple the pinionwith and impart Web-feedin movement to the rollers by the movement ofthe rack in one direction. 9. In means for stamping lining disks froma:web'and assembling the same in closure caps as claimed in claim 8, areciprocatory .slide, a latch pivotally carried. by "the rack support tocouple the rack with the slide to transmit the movement of'the slide tothe rack, means engaging the latch normally urged to position to movethelatch cute-f engagement with the slide and uncouple the 'rackifromthe slide, and means operatively connected with the means to move thelatch out of engagement with the slide and having a part extending intothe line of passage of the caps on the support to be engaged by a cap onthe support to actuate the means to move the latch out of engagementwith the slide and permit the latch to engage the slide and couple therack with the slide.

10. Means for stamping lining disks from a web and assembling the samein closure caps as claimed in claim 8, wherein the reciprocatory slideis actuated by a lever, and an adjustable pivot support for said leveradapted to vary the movement of the lever and thereby the travel of theslide to feed different lengths of the web for different size ca s.

ll. In means for stamping lining disks from a web and assembling thesame in closure caps, punch and die mechanism, intermittently operativemeans for feeding and successively positioning caps relative to thepunch and die mechanism, a pair of rollers one positively rotated fromthe other to feed predetermined lengths of webto the punch and diemechanism and .one roller mounted to have movement toward and awayfromthe other roller, and means to intermittently rotate the rollers insynchronism with the actuation of the cap transferring and positioningmeans and alternately with the operation of the punch and die mechanism.

12. In means for stamping lining disks from a web, and assembling thesame in closure caps, punch and die mechanism, intermittently operativemeans for feeding and successively positioning caps in alinement withthe punch and die mechanism, a pair of rollers to feed predeterminedlengths of web of lining material to the punch and die mechanism, meansto intermittently actuate said rollers in synchronism with the capfeeding means and alternately with the operation of the punch, andstripper means carried by the punch and die mechanism to strip a severeddisk from, and engage it in a cap positioned relative to, the punch anddie mechanism and actuated independently of and in sequence with theoperation of the punch.

13. In means for stamping lining disks from a web and assembling thesame in closure caps as claimed in claim 8, a reciprocatory slide, alatch pivotally carried by the rack support to couple the rack with theslide to transmit the movement of the slide to the rack, means tonormally disengage the latch from the slide to uncouple the racktherefrom, a pivoted lever having an operative connection with the meansto move the latch out of engagement with the slide, a. pivotallysupported dog having an operative connection with the lever arranged andnormally urged to position to extend into the line of passage of thecaps on the cap support for engagement of and to be moved'by a cap onthe support in and one end extended from the upper end of the punch andurged in a direction to position the opposite end of the plunger withinthe punch, said plunger participating in the movement of the punch andadapted to have movement independently of the punch, and

means to positively actuate the plunger in sequence to the operation ofthe punch to proj ect the plunger beyond the face of the punch and stripa disk stamped from the web from the punch and die mechanism and deliverit into a cap positioned relative to the punch and die mechanism.

15. Means'for stamping lining disks from a web and assembling the samein closure caps as claimed in claim 5, wherein one of the" web feedingrollers is mounted to 'rotateinj" fixed bearings, and the otherrollerrotatably mounted in a frame to have movement toward and away fromand yieldingly urged toward the other roller, and one roller operativelyconnected with the roller actuating means i and with the other roller topositively rotate the same, and means to adjust the rollerc'ar ryingframe with the roller carried thereby out of engagement with the otherroller and retain it in such position.

16. Means for stamping lining disks'froln a web and assembling the samein closure caps as clalmed 1n clann 8, wherein the pinion of and theroller actuating means is loosely mounted V axially of one roller andoperatively connected with the rollerby a one-way operating clutchmechanism comprising a head rotatable with the one roller arranged withrecesses spaced about the periphery with the bottom of the recessesarranged in an arc eccentric to the axis of the head, and a cup memberrotatable with the pinion enclosing the head and co-operating with thehead recesses to form arcuate tapered sockets, and wedge members in saidsockets adapted to wedge the cap member to the head in one direction ofmove-- ment of the pinion and cup member imparted thereto by the rackand transmit said movement to the rollersand release the cap member fromthe head in the reverse movement of the pinion imparted thereto by therack.

17. In closure cap lining apparatus, a cap support, cap transferring andpositioning means, adjustable guide rails extending parallel to the capsupport and positioning means to engage opposite sides of the cap,

punch and die mechanism in alinement with the cap support, a pair ofrollers to feed pre- 7 determined lengths of web oilining'material vtothe punch and die mechanism, means to actuate said rollers insynchronism with the actuation of the cap transferring and positioningmeans, means to operate the roller actuating means, means to connectsaid operating means with the roller actuating means operative tonormally uneouple said'operating means from the roller actuating means vand having, a part pivotally mounted on a v I guide rail at the side ofthe cap support and normally urged to position to engage in the pathofmovement of the caps on the cap support to be engaged by the passingcaps I to actuate the connecting means to couple the operating means'with the roller actuating 7 means.

' screwv rotatably' mounted on the bracket to 1'8. Closure cap liningapparatus as claimed in "claim '1, wherein the means for deliveringthe-capsto the cap support, comprises a slotted ejector slide arrangedwith an adjustable abutment, and an actuator slide having a pin engagingin the slot of the ejector slide to operatively connect the slides, andthe actuatorslide adapted to co-operate with the abutment to transmitvariable movement to the,

ejector slide relative to-the movement of 'the actuator slide.

19. vIn ,means for stamping lining disks froma web and assembling thesame in 010- V sure' capsas claimed in claim 8, a reciprocatory slide toactuatethe rack, and adjustable 7 means to actuate and vary thereciprocatory movement of the slide, comprising a slotted lever havingan operative connection at one end withthe -slide,,a' slotted bracket, alead extend parallelof theslot therein,-a pivot adjustably mounted inthe slots of the bracket and lever with which the lead screw hasthreaded connection, and means to rock the lever. I

Signed at New Yorkcity, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 25th day of October, A. D.., 1928.:

7 JOHN A. JOHNSON.

